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It works on all levels - distracts from things he wants to distract us from (terrible economic news; John Lewis' funeral), gets the media excited, gets his base excited and in full "own the libs" mode, and also lays the groundwork to allow him to contest the election results as well as get his cultists out in the streets with their guns. And it's already being used to further push people against mail-in voting. The most ludicrous part of it all is that mail-in voting would likely help Trump, but his paranoia won't let him see that. So now he is trying to simultaneously crush mail-in voting through killing the post office and hoping that Democrats will still vote by mail, having their votes canceled as a result. The sad thing is it could easily work. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I don't believe my vote will count if I don't vote in person - not with the Post Office gutting, and even blue states like New York completely botching the job. But if I do go and vote in person I will likely make myself and those around me sick. Trump has killed 150K people, and counting, to get this result. And we're just getting started. Sadly his tricks, along with the media's desperate need to declare a winner within a few hours, are going to be a big help to him.

Here we go again - media crybabies whining about their shitty reporting being criticized, and their sycophants following suit.

Even Cain's ex-communications person chose to use her memorium post to smug it up about when Cain helped kill "Hillarycare." This is how she celebrated her boss - remembering how he helped to cause suffering and death. You also have people who just keep saying "he had stage 4 cancer" to claim the COVID was a hoax, but he had been in remission since 2011 and even his people put out a statement talking about the breathing problems he had with COVID and being taken to the hospital, etc. And they also had to delete anti-mask tweets on his account. I'm sorry for his family that he passed away, but more than anything I'm sorry that so many people have embraced a literal death cult.

1923 film, The Lost Degree, found. https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/07/29/lost-silent-film-found-in-the-chicago-film-archives/

That was the plan all along, and the story MKA and Terry Lester signed on for.

Everything about this story enrages me - these con artists, all the way to the top, just keep getting access to everything, while the sick and dying are brushed off by Trump and the GOP.

David Bailey.

@Wendy Good for her (not being sarcastic). I guess those grifters like Dave Rubin (she roasted him on his show but that never stops him) will finally give up the ghost.

The press is more likely to spend the day telling you about godawful Chris Dodd running his mouth about his dislike of Kamala Harris and bringing negative attention to Biden's campaign, but if you are not interested in a repeat of the Hillary campaign type of melodrama and backbiting, here is a real scandal - media darling Tom Cotton, perpetually hyped as a 2024 sure thing, endorsing slavery.

Even now with death totals back over 1,000 a day, so many still just say "but you praise Newsom and Cuomo, you hypocrite," because the endless gotcha game is always more important than health or saving lives. Over and over and over they care more about being "right" than about basic humanity. Pepcid money chase. https://apnews.com/13e13ba67fc1fe8f9c744e294f3e54d6 Another monster humiliated and humbled.

In this case, minorities who are used by Republicans as distractions and weapons. Trump himself said it best in 2016 - "look at my African-American over there." (that man has since left the party)

@Soapsuds thanks for the rundown. I appreciate it. She is right about the female friendship aspect. I think the only one among younger women in that era was Julie and Emily.

I think this is Nancy St. Alban? (this ad is annoying as hell)

Lost Indian gay film found and restored. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/indias-first-gay-film-badnam-basti-lost-and-found-after-49-years-to-screen-at-kashish-2020/articleshow/77164897.cms

Very classy statement from Stevie. Saxon is one of those guys I saw in everything but had no real distinct memory of. Very good looking, charismatic man. RIP to Lady Red.

RIP to Regis. My family would have Regis and Kathie Lee on for years, just background noise, but Regis could never just be background noise. I tended to prefer the times that classy Joy was with him. Peter Green was a legend. I will post my favorite Mac song of his in the music thread.

Yes.

Maud Adams interview at about 6 minutes, complete with her talking about her NAS character and a few glimpses of filming.

Probably not. Michael Malone did not understand Tina.

I haven't seen any of that in a long time to be honest - I don't really remember when that aspect was written in.

If I remember correctly, the reveal of Lucinda not being Lily's biological mother came during her rivalry with Whit McColl, as she blamed him for her husband Martin's suicide over blackmail involving that secret. I do think it would have still been a surprise to viewers about Iva and Lily. Yvonne was fired by John Valente. I'm glad Yvonne was fond of Marland but I thought even his material for her was poor. That's surprising, as I think she was gone by the time Ben arrived. I remember reading at the time there was no long term story plans for ATWT - maybe it was a last minute firing. So was there any interesting gossip that was hinted at? It sounds like the whole thing was poorly done so I won't be watching.

No, I hadn't. Thanks.

I see that after that washed up con artist Kellyanne shamed Democrats for having a remote convention, as did the GOP in general, they have now mostly ditched their convention. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/23/trump-convention-380996 Meanwhile, Trump is so petty that while nearly 150,000 have died, he paraded around a token (who was not wearing a mask) we were supposed to love because he is a baseball player. Good for you, you're a token who can swing a bat and who worships a hatemonger and a murderer. Yet the media is still more interested in replaying propaganda images in Portland, a "new tone" and whispers about narrowing polls - anything for four more years.